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Minn. Legislature OKs cuts to health care programs

A budget bill that would slice into
projected spending on health care and social services programs is
on its way to Gov. Mark Dayton, who opposes the legislation.

The House approved the bill early Thursday on a 69-63 vote,
hours after the Senate passed it 36-28 on Wednesday.

The Democratic governor says he will reject individual spending
bills until he has a budget deal with the Republican-controlled
Legislature. They're still split over taxes and spending with five
days left in the regular legislative session.

The health and welfare bill would pare $1.6 billion from
projected spending by cutting into services for people with
disabilities, welfare supports and health care programs. It would
repeal a Medicaid health care expansion for more than 100,000
vulnerable adults that Dayton made a top priority.